Data for 2018

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018

Name: Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2018, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018 covers 134 countries on 3 measures. Greece is highest, at 140.95; Malawi is lowest, at 1.69. The middle country reads 50.03. Against 2017, 126 values changed (83 up, 43 down), 8 countries joined, 11 left.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio · Data for 2018

HighestGreece

140.95

LowestMalawi

1.69

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

134countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
134distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	140.95	141.382	140.543
2	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	115.46	109.954	120.712
3	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	107.50	126.873	88.530
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	103.32	119.994	87.499
5	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	99.99	112.942	87.762
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93.33	83.133	102.527
7	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	93.02	111.845	75.433
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	92.52	101.830	83.690
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.39	100.646	84.537
10	Chile`CHL`South America	91.20	98.304	84.325
11	Argentina`ARG`South America	91.08	114.839	68.353
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	88.89	95.418	82.913
13	United States`USA`Northern America	88.30	102.354	74.895
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	86.59	94.774	78.878
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	85.87	94.499	77.870
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	85.39	102.747	69.203
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	84.71	92.109	77.703
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	83.65	88.645	78.829
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	83.13	91.729	74.992
20	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	81.57	88.523	74.924
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	81.49	86.488	76.764
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.25	97.688	65.926
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.14	93.877	68.974
24	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.15	85.088	73.245
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.12	90.007	68.730
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	78.25	82.196	74.430
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	77.36	88.559	66.470
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	77.30	92.127	63.458
29	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	76.79	84.068	69.067
30	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.76	81.540	72.182
31	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.41	92.044	56.251
32	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.20	79.374	68.026
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.86	83.740	62.143
34	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	72.07	86.455	58.278
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	71.02	85.932	56.707
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.35	80.765	58.776
37	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.34	91.517	48.729
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	69.16	71.143	67.375
39	France`FRA`Western Europe	67.54	75.181	60.222
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.16	79.334	55.977
41	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	66.79	78.067	56.029
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.75	68.551	65.025
43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65.11	71.060	59.398
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.10	76.999	53.643
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	64.48	75.069	54.837
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	64.35	66.232	62.591
47	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	62.61	61.638	63.522
48	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	61.14	70.445	52.076
49	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	60.86	57.957	63.644
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.28	—	—
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	58.61	68.758	48.880
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	58.18	66.625	50.249
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.84	70.228	47.199
54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.46	65.020	50.286
55	Colombia`COL`South America	57.32	61.542	53.209
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.08	67.081	45.114
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.40	59.663	47.969
58	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.21	54.167	52.454
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	52.88	66.985	39.602
60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	52.84	59.878	45.940
61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	52.61	57.674	47.725
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.56	58.498	46.995
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.11	74.510	33.746
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	52.06	59.861	44.413
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	51.99	57.525	46.691
66	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	51.97	56.863	47.133
67	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.26	67.329	36.925
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	49.80	59.650	40.838
69	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	47.81	57.842	38.270
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.33	50.571	44.195
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.23	54.207	40.409
72	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	46.49	55.399	37.361
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.17	53.981	38.509
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	45.88	61.271	30.967
75	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	45.42	39.170	51.051
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	44.95	57.488	34.424
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	43.85	50.195	37.888
78	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	43.31	50.353	37.278
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.35	52.052	33.133
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	41.64	42.582	40.714
81	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	40.41	47.169	33.787
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.57	44.721	34.591
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	38.86	64.974	21.796
84	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	38.30	27.591	48.837
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.15	38.866	33.564
86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.12	37.011	35.278
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.32	35.209	35.424
88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.56	37.008	26.931
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	30.96	39.483	22.632
90	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	28.97	31.182	26.987
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	28.53	29.142	27.975
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	28.21	30.949	25.567
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	28.12	31.817	24.547
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.93	36.271	21.024
95	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	26.72	17.956	35.104
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.38	30.628	22.307
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	26.01	38.861	14.431
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	24.59	30.947	18.381
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.29	29.956	19.095
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.70	31.407	15.838
101	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	22.35	26.525	18.217
102	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	22.34	26.478	18.222
103	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.37	24.368	16.540
104	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.57	15.642	23.614
105	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	19.39	20.618	18.220
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.89	21.624	14.222
107	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17.76	21.980	13.263
108	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.45	65.802	6.493
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.90	13.563	18.204
110	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	15.71	16.950	14.616
111	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.93	15.354	14.585
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	14.66	19.727	9.709
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.54	13.621	15.468
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.50	15.154	13.856
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.16	18.785	9.665
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.27	13.160	13.375
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.90	8.592	17.123
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	12.61	13.547	11.682
119	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.42	10.094	14.726
120	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.57	7.386	15.639
121	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.30	15.726	6.189
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.00	5.021	14.777
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.96	8.161	11.676
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	9.94	11.950	7.903
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	8.21	7.627	8.747
126	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.46	6.685	8.254
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6.76	6.007	7.543
128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.32	4.596	8.013
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.13	3.414	6.984
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.12	5.041	5.195
131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.55	3.463	5.641
132	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.34	2.520	6.084
133	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.28	3.304	5.245
134	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.69	1.256	2.143

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Greece140.95
2Türkiye115.46
3Puerto Rico107.50
4Australia103.32
5Grenada99.99

Lowest

134Malawi1.69
133Tanzania4.28
132Niger4.34
131Burundi4.55
130Madagascar5.12

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.03. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGreece141.382
LowestMalawi1.256
Middle country: 57.842
Male
HighestGreece140.543
LowestMalawi2.143
Middle country: 40.838

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+8 / −11countries joined / left
126values changed, of 126 in both
83 · 43rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Puerto Rico100.74 → 107.50+6.76
Cyprus79.83 → 86.59+6.76
Greece135.33 → 140.95+5.62
Hong Kong72.92 → 78.25+5.32
Latvia88.06 → 93.02+4.97

Fell most

Australia109.99 → 103.32−6.67
Saint Lucia20.75 → 14.66−6.09
Philippines33.68 → 28.12−5.57
Iran66.35 → 60.86−5.49
Barbados51.01 → 45.88−5.14

+ Afghanistan

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Ecuador

+ Myanmar

+ Malawi

+ North Korea

+ San Marino

+ British Virgin Islands

− Botswana

− Côte d’Ivoire

− Republic of the Congo

− Comoros

− Dominican Republic

− Kenya

− Maldives

− Peru

− Sint Maarten

− Tajikistan

− Vietnam

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tertiary-enrolment/2018

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